All colleges in the U.S. have now completed admissions, and acceptance rates for the Class of 2026 (for 2022 entry) have been released. Not surprisingly – acceptance rates at top US universities are still incredibly low! The acceptance rates of major schools have also hit record lows — both public and private universities, the acceptance rate is lower than the previous year.
In 2022, many colleges in the U.S. have had their toughest admissions season yet—with record low acceptance rates—including Brown, Harvard, Tufts and Barnard College, among others.
[Harvard University] his year, 61,220 students applied to Harvard University, an increase of 7% from 57,435 last year. The school’s acceptance rate this year was 3.19 percent, the lowest in the school’s history — breaking last year’s low of 3.43 percent.
[Yale University] This year, Yale University admitted 2,234 out of 50,015 applicants, an acceptance rate of 4.46% — lower than in any of the previous three years.
[Brown University] This year, Brown University accepted 2,546 out of a total of 50,649 applicants—an acceptance rate of 5.03 percent, a record low for the school.
[Columbia University] This year, the school selected 2,253 admissions from 60,377 undergraduate applications, and its 3.73 percent acceptance rate was almost the same as last year.
[Duke University] This year, Duke University continues to be extremely competitive—after receiving a record-breaking 50,000-plus applications, the school admitted 2,200 students, an acceptance rate of 6%.
[NYU] This year, NYU received 105,000 applications (a 5% increase from last year), of which only 12.2% of students received offers from the New York campus.
[USC]This year, there are 64,256 applicants, of which 8,258 are accepted, an acceptance rate of 12.9%, while the number of applicants in 2021 is 56,000, an acceptance rate of about 16%.
[Rice University] Meanwhile, the acceptance rate at Rice University this year hit a record low of 8.56 percent.
[Tufts University] About 40% of admitted students did not submit SAT/ACT scores as the school entered the second year of a three-year “test-optional admission policy.”
Now, many universities in the United States no longer require applicants to provide SAT/ACT test scores, which has made more students who were worried about standardized test scores “open” to apply for these prestigious schools, and the number of applicants has skyrocketed.
This has also led to many prestigious schools this year no longer publishing admission rate data, such as Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Cornell University, etc., all of which have not been released.
Because it is very likely that the acceptance rate of these schools has fallen below 4%, close to 3%, which means that 97% or 96% of applicants will miss the “dream school” – which will completely break many students and parents. expect.
Many classes have moved online, colleges are changing standardized test requirements, admissions policies are changing, not to mention the SAT and ACT tests are being canceled or postponed due to repeated outbreaks… , will disrupt the applicant’s original plan!
The 2022 acceptance rate for American colleges tells us that top colleges are still very selective and will still hold students to the highest standards.
Getting into a “dream school that’s enough, maybe,” or even a “school in a safe area” is harder than ever! There are more and more details that applicants need to consider…
